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HN has a diverse set of viewpoints. For any assertion one might make, there will be someone with the opposite viewpoint. In addition to out-and-out opposition
by adolph 2y ago
HN has a diverse set of viewpoints. For any assertion one might make, there will be someone with the opposite viewpoint.
In addition to out-and-out opposition or agreement that sounds vaguely oppositional, a comment might call for a pedantic annotation, a tangential aside or book recommendation.
- basil-rash 2y agoDon’t forget the unconstructive meta-analysis.
- adolph 2y agosudo !!
- alexsereno 2y agoThis is a wonderful example
- Dylan16807 2y agoOkay, glad you made it impossible to write a comment that disagrees with yours. You know what they say about things that aren't falsifiable, they're definitely correct!!
- TeMPOraL 2y ago> You know what they say about things that aren't falsifiable, they're definitely correct!! Ah, the ol' Hitchens's movie night: "what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed with popcorn".
- adolph 2y agoThat Hitchens quote is pithy and snow-clonable but demonstrated an impoverished and static epistemology. It is circular and self-falsifying by respectively assuming the existence of “evidence” independent of the assertion’s observation bias and not obeying its own assertion.
- throwaway984393 2y ago[dead]